Good world building and tension between different factions of shifters in a fictional city. Our female heroine is an arcane shifter (think Angel type) and has stepped away from her family to be a bounty hunter of rogue supernaturals (mostly vampires). When vampires in the city start doing unexpected things that endanger human and supers alike, including those around her, she must solve the mystery and decide how comfortable she is with letting those around her help.

Just based on the summary I was so excited to be able to get to read this book. I had never read anything by these authors before and I really looked forward to it.

I kept getting lost in the book and not in the preferred way. The writing was good but the paragraphs were long. Making the books dull and guideless. I will be giving these authors another shot but this book was a no for me.

This was a familiar yet different read for me. Familiar in that it had all the elements I look for in an urban fantasy book yet different on how it was written. No spoilers but this book may not be for everyone but I recommend everyone to read it at least once.

I really enjoyed this book , even though it was a bit formulaic at times there was just something about this that kept me reading. It was fast paced and there was a lot going on and I lost track at times, but overall a fun read

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy in exchange for an honest opinion

Thank you Netgalley for the advance reader copy of Dragon Heir by Molly Webb, Ava Richardson in exchange for an honest review. I really liked the premise of this story, a strong and badass woman who is righting the wrongs of her father and what he taught her. It felt a bit unrefined, but there was a lot of great potential, I look forward to future books and getting to see the author develop.

I don’t typically give a 3.5 star rating to a book with so many flaws but there was something about it that I actually enjoyed. The characters themselves were interesting. I especially like Hero the cat sidhe.

The author struggled with word building. Info is given in drips and draps. I’m still not sure what Thea is exactly. It feels like I missed a whole book that explains the back story for the characters but this is in fact the first.

Unfortunately it’s also quite forgettable. I read this book awhile ago and couldn’t remember anything about it. I had decided the rating but hadn’t written the review. I had to go back and skim it to refresh my memory.

This writer has potential. If she can focus on explaining the word building I think she will be on to a winning series. Currently it’s too confusing to remember.

I received an arc of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I love urban fantasy. There’s just something about it, seeing a world that’s so familiar and yet so not that just keeps me coming back for more. My love for the genre and the totally alluring cover of this brought me to grab this book and get reading as soon as I could.

As a personal note, I don’t particularly like first-person present-tense narration. There’s just something about it that pulls me out of a story, and unfortunately, this wasn’t an exception to the rule. It’s very much a personal choice, though, so I haven’t let the fact affect my rating, or at least I don’t think I have.

That aside, this book was really entertaining. I enjoyed the mystery element of it, and even though I mentioned the tense thing above, it was really easy to read. I also need to note that the pacing was fantastic. It got quick in all the right places and slowed down when I needed it to. It was able to build good tension.

I really love the world as it’s set up. If there was one complaint here, it’s that I wanted more of those details. I understand the point of setting things up as though they’re completely normal, but without a sort of basis of normal, being thrown almost immediately into ‘abnormal’ was a little jarring, leaving me struggling to keep up with plot points until I was able to find my footing. This isn’t to say the world is badly built. I actually think quite the opposite. I think the world is incredibly well fleshed out, but the reader was sort of tossed into the fray right from the get-go, not really allowing us to find our footing before things changed. I wrote in my notes that I felt like I was playing catch-up the whole book, and that’s still true. The more I think about it, the more I realize I still don’t know, and I’m talking about things that were plot points that I still don’t quite understand because I don’t know the world. It feels like I’m in the middle of a story already being told.

While I’m talking about the bad parts, I’ll mention Thea. There’s something I find a little overdone about the ‘bad girl living in a world they don’t quite belong and they’ve carved their own niche and they don’t need any help from anyone, even the people she works for’ trope. The solitary hero, purposefully isolating themself for seemingly no reason because of a dark, broody past. It’s just…in my opinion, a little overdone, and I had a really hard time warming up to Thea because of it. I spent much of the book not liking her all that much, but if the brooding hero that doesn’t think she needs any help is your cup of tea, Thea is definitely your girl.

I’m still not sure what exactly an Arcaneskin is. And my main character IS one. This plays into the worldbuilding point above, but I wish I’d been planted a little more firmly in the world before things went awry so I could have a basic understanding of what’s happening. They mention celestial fire, and how it’s an arcaneskin weapon, but I don’t quite know what that means. I can sort of extrapolate based on what I know of the definitions of these words, but in context to the world, I’m not quite sure. Magic and the like is also never fully explained, which I half-like and also I want more information on.

This is the first in a new series, so I actually am really curious to know where things go from here. It has an interesting plot, a fascinating world, mostly interesting characters that I can’t wait to see more from. Overall, this was a really great start to a series. The pacing was great; I was never bored with the book, and the second half of the book had me screaming every time I had to put the book down and go back to work.

received a copy of this book free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Dragon Heir is a really fun and entertaining start to what I'm hoping is a new paranormal series. *fingers crossed*

Thea is a freelance monster hunter. She was trained by her now estranged father in the art of defence so she could one day lead their shifter clan. But when she found out her father was not the man she thought he was, she left. Now Thea uses those skills to defend those her father thought of as undesirables against the things that go bump in the night. When a new client hires Thea to find the man threatening his life, she gets embroiled in a mystery so large and dangerous, she's not sure she'll be able to survive it.

The authors have a fairly unique take on their paranormal world-building and the shifter/supernatural species groupings and hierarchies. I am such a sucker for new paranormal books, I could not help but eat up every little crumb they threw at me. While most writers fall for the info dump, these went for the scant parcel of information route. I'm still in the dark about so much of this world, I am dying for another novel so I can find out more. Plus, I love dragons so... yeah. Need more, now.

This is a clean novel, in that there is only a small hint at a possible romance, maybe, sometime in the future. But, nothing saucy happened here. Boo. I wanted sexy times with the dragon!

The plot was fairly action-driven, and I really liked that. I won't say it was totally fast-paced, but the right amount of action happened for my taste. Again, the mystery was part of the scant worldbuilding info, so while the main action drama was resolved, there is kind of a not-stated to-be-continued vibe on the end of the book.

This was definitely a fun read and I am absolutely going to be looking for more in this series.

*ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

I can't lie, it felt like a lot of other books in this genre. I hope the author takes the time to flesh out the characters more and the world as well. Thea's a winner tho, and I'll be following this to see where she goes!

NetGalley ARC Educator 550974

It's a book that some will love to hate and others will adore. We have dragons, humans and others. There's some snark, family drama and quick love. Part 1 of the series but a continuation for a beloved character, Egan.

Thank you Netgally for the ARC. I liked this book enough to finish it, but it just followed the standard formula for fantasy of this genre. Main character gets disillusioned with family so goes it alone, meets secondary character, faces challenges, and wins. At times I felt like I missed something in the story. I couldn’t always keep track of what was going on so getting vested in the characters and story was hard.

A good read , but it became monotonous after sometime. The plot and characters were interesting and fun to read. Enjoyed Thea's characterization , she was so kick ass and would leave you wanting for more action. On the whole a good read .

Thanks to NetGalley for providing at ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was really surprised with how much I enjoyed this read! The writing at the start was a little Cluncky but once I got used to it I loved it!

The plot is action driven and exciting and the main characters are a breath of fresh air! Theas strong but also vulnerable whereas Marcus is compassionate and caring.

The only thing lackig for me was the worldbuilding. At times I found it was lacking and when it was present it was confusing!

Wow! I am not sure what I expected from the cover and blurb, but this book was really great!

Thea is a tough loner, who is in denial about having friends, determined to succeed without her famous family's help, and loyal to a fault. When tasked with a job to hunt down a werewolf, she dives in with her usual enthusiasm only to stumble upon some really surprising secrets.

Thea herself is a shifter of sorts, and this world is divided into different territories run by various paranormals. Her own family is a bit of a ruling class of sorts, but Thea has long since broken from their hidden dark sides. She's making her own life with her own rules, and it is awesome. OK, so the beatings and threats are not great, but she has her own moral compass and follows it exclusively now.

The big story is around the "werewolf" she was hired for and the mess that comes along with it. Her case supporting the police ends up intersecting this one and just spirals from there. I loved loved loved all the characters in Thea's world and cannot wait to see where this series goes next!

just a little over the top. Good read though. Loved the characters. World building was good, action appropriate and the tension kept building.

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬!”

I really enjoyed this book! I found the writing at first a little hard to connect with, my vocabulary is not massive but I found that in some parts I was searching words for their meanings because they are just so uncommonly used, if at all.

Despite my initial struggle I did manage to get back into it and really got drawn into the friendships and unique life the main character leads. I can not wait to read the second book and see how the relationships evolve.

This book is about a young woman who has had enough of her father and his abuse of power. Leaving behind her family to become a bounty hunter for the humans, helping to fight against the out of control super naturals they struggle to police daily. Having been trained by the best since birth she is often given the cases that need someone with her, specific skill sets.

She is approached by a man who seems desperate for her assistance. She takes the case completely unaware of how truly deep it goes. She and her adorable and witty little sidekick, find more questions than answers. Between supposedly extinct creatures, impossibly strong super naturals and a string of vicious murders she will have to use everything in her arsenal to solve this mystery and prevent history from repeating itself. All while keeping those she cares for most, safe.

If you enjoy books with fantasy, mystery, crime, shifters. You should definitely check out this book.

I want to say thank you to net galley for providing me a copy of Dragon Heir in exchange for an honest review. This is my personal opinion of the book.

This was my first book from either of these authors. The blurb was so intriguing that I just had to try out this book.

First things first, I will be reading more from these two amazing authors. I really enjoyed their writing style, the flow of the book, the slight humor here and there. So I know that these are authors I enjoy reading from.

The book itself was good. I would read more of this world. It's probably just me because I've been on an action, fast-paced kick that I found this book to be slow at times. I'm sure that if I wasn't on this action kick that this wouldn't have bothered me or even have been noticed. But I was still engrossed in this book. I finished it within a couple of days and I have even done a re-read before writing this review.

I want more of this world. I'm the type of reader that loves to see growth, exploration and development in a character, the world, and their gifts. So, I would love to read more and see these characters develop. I also want more history. Again, this is probably just me but I love reading about the backstory and although this book covers it I want the nitty gritty details. I'm just that type of reader...not everyone is. I've seen a lot of readers who like bare minimum but that's not me.

Anyways, I enjoyed reading this and I want more!

3.5 stars

An interesting debut and a good start for a new UF series.

What I liked:
✅ the well-paced, action-driven story and the world it's set in gave me those strong Kate Daniel's vibe: I loved it!
✅ I liked Thea's personality and some of the side characters as well (Hero, a cat/Sidhe with a silver tongue);
✅ Marcus wasn't your "ordinary male MC" - you know what I mean: arrogant, controlling, calculating, and perpetually brooding/scowling. He was kind, compassionate and actually too trusting for his own good - a breath of fresh air in the UF scene.


What didn't convince me:
❌ the Author surely knows that readers dislike info-dumping, but avoiding info-dumping shouldn't mean only giving a few, poor scraps of worldbuilding here and there. For instance, we know that Thea is an Arcanskin. Well, does it simply mean she has wings and is more powerful when the sun shines? Or is there something else? Could she shift into some kind of beast? Does she have any other supernatural abilities? It's not revealed. As it's not explained what kind of business the Arcanskin and her family are dealing with, or why the Arcan-/Demon-/Claw-skin are (or maybe have just appointed themselves) above all the other supernatural creatures. I think it's a huge hole in the plot.
❌ Marcus true identity was no mystery to the reader. The title of the book reveals way too much and ruins the surprise;
❌ everything seemed to hint at a romantic development between Thea and Marcus, but at the moment I cannot feel great chemistry.

All in all, despite these flaws, it was an enjoyable read. 3.5 stars rounded up (for once) to support this promising author.

~I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to NetGalley and the editor~

I wanted a book with a female lead and a heavy emphasis on adventure and extraordinary activity. This book, co-written by a seasoned writer and a newcomer, did have some of what I was looking for, however the writing style was lengthy and overly abundant in words. Unfortunately, it was not for me, which is fine, because what may not be my cup of laced chocolate may be your ambrosia.

I received an ARC from the author and publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I really wanted to like this book, but unfortunately it just did not hold up for me. I struggled to get through it. The story just didn't grab me the way I wanted it to.